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Ecosystem context segment

Protocol & Pools

Mining pools, block template builders, OOB transaction services.

Segment dossier

How Protocol & Pools actually works. Structural dynamics, key flows, where Lunar Rails fits.

No dossier written for Protocol & Pools yet. This is the qualitative truth about how this segment actually works: structural dynamics, key flows, chokepoints, dominant business models, and where Lunar Rails fits. Curator-authored, evidence-backed.

Context layer

This segment supports ecosystem understanding. Keep it useful and lightweight: map the important entities, explain the relationships, and show how this terrain connects into Mining, Corporate Treasuries, Lightning, or Family Offices.

Tracked entities

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Strategic 4+

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Warm / active

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Open gaps

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Missing people

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Missing LR fit

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Missing sources

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Stale / unverified

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Priority queue

Highest-value entities to clean up first, ranked by strategic importance, relationship posture, and missing operating data.

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Recent changes

Segment-level signal from curated events. This becomes the weekly “what changed?” feed.

No segment events yet. That is itself a curation gap.

Segment entities

The full current population for this segment, including child-lane memberships.

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  1. Binance PoolBNB· Cayman Islands

    Mining pool by Binance exchange. ~2% of recent blocks. Leverages Binance's large miner customer base.

  2. Bitmain· China

    Most vertically integrated force in Bitcoin mining: designs chips, assembles Antminers (market leader), operates AntPool (~20% of blocks), and self-mines at scale. Significant centralisation risk across 3 framework leve…

  3. Braiins· Czech Republic

    World's first mining pool (Slush Pool, 2010). Also develops Braiins OS+, a leading aftermarket firmware with auto-tuning for Antminers.

  4. BTC.com· China

    Historical top-5 pool; ~0.9% recent share. Also offers a popular Bitcoin wallet product.

  5. Carbon Negative· Unknown

    Small pool (~0.55%) differentiated by carbon-neutral/negative Bitcoin mining focus.

  6. DMG BlockchainDMGI· Canada

    Canadian-listed (Nasdaq: DMGI) Bitcoin miner and pool operator. ~1.76 EH/s (2025); targeting 3 EH/s. Operates Terra Pool; powered by low-cost BC hydroelectricity. Expanding into AI infrastructure colocation.

  7. F2Pool· China

    One of the oldest pools (est. 2013). ~11% of blocks. Noted for sending jobs with lower fees vs peers — can cost miners revenue.

  8. Foundry USA· USA

    DCG subsidiary; #1 mining pool by hashrate (32%+ of all blocks). Also distributes hardware and provides equipment financing to North American miners.

  9. Luxor Technology· USA

    Full-stack mining services: pool, LuxOS aftermarket firmware, fleet software, OOB TX services, and ASIC brokerage. Most diversified pure-services player.

  10. Marathon Digital (MARA)MARA· USA

    Largest US-listed bitcoin miner by hashrate. Operates MARA Pool (~5.3% of blocks) and Slipstream private TX service. Also developing Anduro Bitcoin sidechain. Aggressive BTC treasury accumulation.

  11. Mempool.space· Unknown

    Provides the 'Mempool Accelerator' — a leading OOB transaction prioritisation service. Also the most-used Bitcoin mempool & block explorer.

  12. OCEAN / DEMAND· USA

    Decentralised pool using DATUM protocol. Miners construct their own block templates — preserves transaction-selection decentralisation. Pure coordinator model.

  13. Poolin· China

    Historically a top-5 Bitcoin pool; now ~0.9% of recent blocks. Founded 2017 by ex-Bitmain engineers. Diminished after 2022 liquidity issues but remains an active small-share pool.

  14. SBI CryptoSBI· Japan

    Japanese financial giant SBI Group's bitcoin pool. ~1% of blocks. Wilson Mining is a known proxy pool routing hashrate to SBI. Key Japanese institutional player.

  15. SECPOOL· China

    Chinese mining pool with ~3.9% of recent blocks. Growing presence; limited public documentation.

  16. SpiderPool· China

    Fast-growing Chinese pool with ~3% market share. Rapid hashrate gains through 2023–24; part of broader crypto infrastructure group.

  17. ULTIMUSPOOL· Unknown

    Newer mining pool (~0.6% blocks per Cambridge Dec 2024 data). Limited public information on operator and jurisdiction; flagged for further investigation.

  18. ViaBTC· China

    Third-largest pool by hashrate (~14% of blocks). Also operates CoinEx crypto exchange. Chinese origin; major Asia-Pacific presence.

  19. WhitePool· Unknown

    Emerging pool (~0.8%) with transparency-focused positioning. Limited public information available.

  20. Wilson Mining· Unknown

    Transparent proxy pool routing hashrate to SBI Crypto. Rare example of openly-declared proxy pool relationship.

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